Colin Morgan Biography and Wiki

Colin Morgan was born on 1st January 1986 in Armagh, United Kingdom. He is an actor known for his role as Merlin in the TV series ‘Merlin’.

Colin Morgan Education

Morgan attended Integrated College Dungannon in 1997. He starred in several college productions including Bad Day at Black Frog Creek and Surgical Sensations at St. Senapods.

In 2004, he was awarded a National Diploma in Performing Arts from the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education in 2004. He graduated in 2007. In the final year of his undergraduate course, Morgan was discovered by theatre director Rufus Norris and made the choice to leave three-quarters of the way through to make his professional London West End theatre debut playing the title character in Vernon God Little.

In November 2010, he was honored with an Award of Distinction for his contribution to the Arts the Belfast Metropolitan College.

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Colin Morgan Career

Colin Morgan made his professional acting debut in 2007 in London as the titular character Vernon God Little mounted at the Young Vic. In the same year, he went on to play the role of Esteban, an aspiring teenage writer, in the Old Vic stage adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar’s Todo sobre mi madre opposite Diana Rigg.

In television, he first appeared in 2007 as the embarrassed gay son John Leary in sketches on The Catherine Tate Show’s “Christmas Special.” In 2008, Morgan played conflicted teenager Jethro Cane opposite David Tennant in the fan-favorite Doctor Who episode “Midnight.”

In 2010, he portrayed a homeless drug-addict opposite Colm Meaney in the independent Irish film Parked. His performance was praised by multiple critics and director Darragh Byrne.

He then appeared in the film Island, an independent adaptation of Jane Rogers’ novel of the same name. He has also appeared in other films such as Huntsman: Winter’s War, Waiting for You, The Happy Prince, Benjamin, among others.

Colin Morgan Age and Birthday

Morgan was born on January 1, 1986, in Armagh, Northern Ireland to Bernard, a painter, and decorator, and Bernadette, a nurse. He celebrates his birthday on 1st January every year.

Colin Morgan Family, Parents and Siblings

The Merlin actor was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland to Bernie Morgan (mother) and Bernard Morgan (father). Together with his two brothers, they were raised in a roman catholic home. Morgan is the youngest of his siblings.

Colin Morgan Neil Morgan

Neil Morgan is Colin’s older brother.

Colin Morgan Wife Katie McGrath

Colin Morgan and Katie McGrath

As of 2019, Colin was not married but is engaged to his Irish girlfriend Katie McGrath; an Irish actress best known for portraying Morgana on the BBC One series Merlin, Lucy Westenra on the British-American series Dracula.

Colin Morgan Girlfriend

Colin has been dating Irish actress Katie McGrath since 2010 after the two met on the set of Merlin. The duo became engaged in 2016 but it is not known when they are planning to do a wedding.

Colin Morgan Measurements and Facts

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• Full Name: Colin Morgan• Age/ How Old?: 34 years (2020)• Date of Birth: January 1, 1986• Place of Birth: Armagh, Northern Ireland

Colin Morgan Salary

The amount of salary that Morgan earns per episode has not yet been revealed.

Colin Morgan Net Worth

Morgan has an estimated net worth of $4 million as of 2020. He has accumulated his net worth through his successful career as an actor.

Colin Morgan Merlin

Morgan plays Merlin on ‘Merlin’, a servant boy to Prince Arthur who has the ability to do magic but he can’t control it, it just happens. He believes he will be quite safe in that environment, that he will able to use his powers in a free way. His destiny is intertwined with Prince Arthur’s and he is supposed to save him.

Bradley James and Colin Morgan

Bradley James and Colin both appeared on Merlin as Arthur and Merlin respectively. Arthur is the prince and Merlin is his servant.

Colin Morgan The Fall

Morgan joined ‘The Fall’ season 2 as Detective Sergent Tom Anderson. He works as part of a major Investigation Team, he is assigned to Operation Music man as Stella Gibson’s right-hand.

Colin Morgan Humans

Morgan plays Leo Elster, in Humans, the son of David Elster and his wife, Beatrice Elster. When he was young, he and his family moved to a large manor in the country because of his father’s dislike of attention and his mother’s illness. Due to the latter, his father created Mia, his first sentient synth, to take care of him. Later, David created the other sentient synths Fred, Niska, and Max all of whom Leo regarded as family.

Tragedy struck, however, when he was 13; his mother Beatrice escaped from her caregivers and abducted her son, then drove their car into a lake. Both Leo and his mother drowned, but Mia brought Leo to the surface and back to his father, who resurrected him as a human-synth hybrid.

David later created a synth replacement for his wife, to the horror of his son and the other synths, so David told her to leave. David took her out to the woods to kill her, but couldn’t, so he returned to the house, told his son and the synths to get out and then committed suicide. His father’s last order to Leo was to take care of the synths.

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